Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious 1,700-year-old altar whose bright decorations and ...

While carrying out excavations at Tikal National Park in Guatemala — what was once the center of the Maya civilization — ...

A team of archaeologists has uncovered asignificant find in Tikal, Guatemala. This altar, which was buried under the jungle ...

When most people think of ancient Maya civilization, they imagine godlike kings building towering pyramids and reveling in bloody human sacrifice. But commoners also played a significant role in the ...

The discovery shows the cultural interaction between the Maya of Tikal and Teotihuacan's elite between 300 and 500 A.D., ...

Remains of other children were also found on three sides of the altar. Lorena Paiz, the archaeologist who led the discovery, ...

Archaeologists in Guatemala uncover a Teotihuacan altar in Tikal, revealing ancient cultural and spiritual ties with the Maya ...

In fact they’re not hills at all but ancient pyramids, left to decay after the collapse of the Maya civilization a millennium ago. The site was a thriving settlement during the Classic Maya ...

In its heyday from about A.D. 300 to 900, the Maya civilization boasted hundreds ... and ceremonies that featured a ball game and human sacrifice. The ancient Maya also mastered astronomy ...

highlighting themes in Maya mythology. The remains date back to between 600 CE and 1100 CE, suggesting the sacrifices spanned a 500-year period, potentially linked to agricultural cycles or ...